Reason No Therapy (Non-def Surg)
- David Rust
- Isaac Hands
- tonya.brandenburg (Unlicensed)
Organization | Field Name | ID | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
KCR | Reason No Therapy (Non-def Surg) (ReasonNoNonDefSurg) | 31175 | yes |
Field Length: 1
This item records the reason no non-definitive surgical procedure was performed as part of the initial diagnostic work up. If non-definitive surgery was performed and the pathology specimen was diagnostic of malignancy (code 1), a non-definitive surgical therapy record must be created for the earliest positive non-definitive surgical procedure.
NOTE: For this field, record only biopsies which obtain tissue (whether positive or negative for malignancy). Fine needle aspirations (which obtain only cells, not tissue) of the primary tumor or of a metastatic site are not recorded, whether positive or negative. FNA's of regional lymph nodes are recorded as surgical therapies, in the item "Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery). Please see item #50090 for further instruction regarding non-definitive surgery.
Code | Description |
|---|---|
0 | Non-definitive surgery not performed; not applicable; or not recommended for this case. Autopsy only. |
1 | Non-definitive surgery performed and results diagnostic of malignancy |
2 | Non-definitive surgery performed but results negative |
3 | Non-definitive surgery performed and results turned out to be definitive tx (excisional bx) |
8 | No non-definitive surgery at this hospital, unknown if done elsewhere |
9 | Unknown if non-definitive surgery performed |